COMOROS VS SENEGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SENEGAL		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	343	1	594	- 251
Coronary Heart Disease	2	297	4	349	- 51
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	255	2	363	- 108
Stroke	4	255	3	356	- 100
Malaria	5	219	29	29	+ 190
Road Traffic Accidents	6	183	6	226	- 43
Low Birth Weight	7	174	5	328	- 155
Birth Trauma	8	165	7	211	- 46
Tuberculosis	9	128	19	79	+ 49
Diabetes Mellitus	10	114	9	136	- 22
Congenital Anomalies	11	113	10	131	- 18
Kidney Disease	12	106	14	101	+ 4
Liver Disease	13	103	8	160	- 57
Maternal Conditions	14	80	22	47	+ 33
Meningitis	15	78	11	115	- 38
Other Injuries	16	72	16	90	- 18
Cervical Cancer	17	67	13	104	- 37
Lung Disease	18	65	17	83	- 19
Violence	19	60	20	63	- 4
HIV/AIDS	20	57	76	0	+ 57
Hypertension	21	52	12	115	- 63
Liver Cancer	22	52	28	29	+ 23
Endocrine Disorders	23	50	36	19	+ 30
Suicide	24	47	24	46	+ 1
Asthma	25	45	21	49	- 4
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	42	23	46	- 4
Breast Cancer	27	41	33	23	+ 19
Pertussis	28	37	18	80	- 43
Prostate Cancer	29	31	27	33	- 2
Falls	30	30	32	26	+ 4
Stomach Cancer	31	27	45	11	+ 15
Malnutrition	32	24	15	96	- 72
Drownings	33	24	25	35	- 11
Fires	34	21	30	27	- 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	21	34	21	- 0
Inflammatory/Heart	36	20	31	26	- 6
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	18	39	19	- 0
Epilepsy	38	16	40	17	- 2
Lymphomas	39	15	37	19	- 4
Poisonings	40	15	35	20	- 5
Parkinson's Disease	41	13	44	11	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	42	11	56	3	+ 7
Oral Cancer	43	10	41	15	- 6
Lung Cancers	44	9	60	1	+ 8
Schistosomiasis	45	8	75	0	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	8	47	10	- 2
Skin Disease	47	8	48	9	- 2
Pancreas Cancer	48	8	82	0	+ 8
Measles	49	8	78	0	+ 8
Bladder Cancer	50	7	46	10	- 3
Skin Cancers	51	7	42	12	- 5
Drug Use	52	7	49	7	- 0
Syphilis	53	6	38	19	- 13
Leukemia	54	5	57	3	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	55	5	26	34	- 29
Uterin Cancer	56	4	55	3	+ 1
Encephalitis	57	4	54	4	- 0
Tetanus	58	4	43	12	- 8
Alcohol	59	4	51	6	- 2
Hepatitis B	60	3	52	5	- 2
Appendicitis	61	2	50	6	- 4
Other Neoplasms	62	1	59	1	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	63	1	72	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	64	1	62	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	65	1	63	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	53	4	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	58	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	68	1	61	1	- 0
War	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	65	0	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	64	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COMOROS

Senegal

Comoros

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.